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SPX Contech awarded $20 million Ford F150 Light Truck contract. (Industry News: North America).


SPX (Sequenced Packet EXchange) The transport layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the TCP layer in TCP/IP, it ensures that the entire message arrives intact. SPX uses NetWare's IPX as its delivery mechanism.  Corp., Charlotte, North Carolina “Charlotte” redirects here. For other uses, see Charlotte (disambiguation).
Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States.
, announced that its Contech business has been awarded a five-year $20 million annual contract to supply the fully machined aluminum rack and pinion rack and pinion

Mechanical device consisting of a bar of rectangular cross section (the rack), having teeth on one side that mesh with teeth on a small gear (the pinion). If the pinion rotates about a fixed axis, the rack will move in a straight path.
 housing, the front axle carrier and the front axle tube used on the next generation Ford F150 Light Truck.

"We have an established relationship with this major tier one customer to supply components manufactured using our proprietary P2000 high integrity diecasting process," said James Peters For the English long-distance runner see James Peters (athlete)

James Peters was born in Salford on 7 August, 1879 and died on 26 March, 1954. He was a rugby union player and, later, a rugby league player.
, president of SPX Contech. "This new contract not only takes advantage of our P2000 technology; it also allows us to provide our customer with a broad range of value-added engineered casting and machining solutions."

Contech is a high-quality manufacturer of aluminum, magnesium and zinc diecast components. Production is scheduled to begin in July 2003.
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Date:Jan 1, 2003
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